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How To Plan Christmas In A Multigenerational, Multiblended Family Without...

By Carrie Eckles The bulk of my childhood was spent splitting Christmas day between the houses of both of my grandmothers’. For lunch, we would go to my dad’s mom’s (Ma’s) house; for supper, we would...

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A Bittersweet Christmas

By Tracy Madlener As a mother of two, I am doing the same thing that most other moms are doing since the tragedy of Newtown, I am hugging my children more than usual and at the same time, whispering a...

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Organizational Good At The Holidays And Year Round

By Anise Smith This past year there has been a lot of talk about organizational and corporate greed. I am NOT disputing that there is corporate greed, but there is also corporate good.  I am not...

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The Meaning Of Christmas: It’s About The People We Love

By Amanda Fox Over the past couple weeks, we’ve focused on the holidays and what they mean to us. The importance of giving and forgiving, compassion and we even tossed in a couple funnies to keep the...

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Happiness And Success: Make 2013 Your Year Of A Lifetime!

By Amanda Fox Happiness and success are not accidental . That sounds a little funny maybe, but think about it. Happiness and success are not abstract things that stumble into our lives, they are...

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Michelle Obama And Her Impact On Black Women

By Anise Smith The mainstream view of the typical black woman may not necessarily be true, but perception can sometimes taint the view of many. This is especially the case if there is no basis of...

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7 New Year’s Resolutions You Can Really Follow Through On

By Amanda Fox With the new year rapidly approaching, New Year’s resolutions will begin flooding every corner of our life. We’ll hear about the resolutions made by friends and family members, they’ll be...

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Honey Or Vinegar? Which Do You Choose For Expressing Yourself?

By Tracy Madlener Here at Spicie, we like to encourage our readers to dig a little deeper, to open up those feelings that tug at the heart and to lead a life that is uncompromising and filled with...

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A Guide to Modern High School Parties, Tips for Parents and Teens

High school parties today are nothing like they were when you were a kid. I can say that with confidence, because I started high school ten years ago. I know what kids get up to, because a very short...

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13 Things That Will Make A Happier YOU In 2013

By Anise Smith I find that life is a constant growing and evolving process, you can either guide the evolution by controlling your own destiny or have your destiny decided for you.  The latter is a...

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Spicie’s Top 12 Women Of 2012

By Amanda Fox It’s that time of year when the best and worst lists of the previous year flood the web, recounting all the highlights and lowlights of the ending year. There were plenty of lowlights to...

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Staying Healthy During Cold And Flu Season

By Heather Jabusch We all get sick from time to time and moms tend to get everything their kids do sooner or later.  For me, it is usually upper respiratory or allergies. It does not help that I live...

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Online Flirtationships – Have Fun, But Understand It’s Still A Real Relationship

By Amanda Fox “It’s different for girls.” It’s something that has been said over and over again for as long as anyone can remember. It’s true of relationships online as well. Online, women tend to bond...

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I Would Love To Fight For Your Cause But I’m Busy Trying To Keep My Son Alive

By Anise Smith I am very in tuned to what’s going on in the world. I know that there are animals that need to be saved, causes to promote, injustices to fight against and environments to be saved. As a...

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Anti-Feminists: Ten Women That Made Us Cringe In 2012

By Grace Alexander (Guest Contributor) Women’s rights and feminism go hand in hand – but in 2012 we saw some truly horrendous cases of women standing up AGAINST women’s rights, contributing to the war...

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I’m Secretely Wonder Woman And You Can Be A Superhero Too!

By Amanda Fox Growing up, most of us wanted to be a superhero – even if it was just a brief phase. We knew that we couldn’t really fly or jump on the back of a whale and ride off to fight crime or...

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Online Alter Egos Gone Wild: How Mom Became A MILF

By Tracy Madlener Wanna know a secret?  I have an online alter ego that says and does things that would embarrass the heck out of me!  Isn’t that just the craziest?  I mean, it’s me for Pete’s sake and...

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If You Wouldn’t Be Their Friend Offline, Why Are You Online?

By Amanda Fox In social media, it matters who you are connected to. In social media, we tend to think in terms of numbers. How many likes and retweets or plusses we can get. What are the traffic...

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How Nice Guys Can Get The Girl

Eva Bell – (Guest Contributor)   I’m active on a few different relationship forums where both girls and guys lament about the trials and tribulations of dating today. One of the common topics is how so...

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Traditional Gender Roles And WHY I Will Probably NEVER Get Married

By Anise Smith I was raised by my father and paternal grandmother since I was three months old so I started my journey in this world in a very non-traditional manner and have not ventured into the...

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